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Object Type: print
Museum number: 2014,3039.5
Description: Colour woodblock print with metallic pigment and embossing. The Kabuki actor Nakamura Utaemon III (Shikan) as Iruka Daijin, in the play 'Imoseyama onna teikin' 妹背山婦女庭訓 at the Kado theatre. Eleventh month, 1815.
Producer name: Print artist: Shunkosai Hokushu 春好斎北洲; Published by: Shioya Chobei 塩屋長兵衛
School/style: Ukiyo-e School
Cultures/periods: Bunka Era
Production date: 1815
Production place: Published in: Osaka-shi
Materials: paper
Technique: woodblock; colour
Dimensions: Height: 37.10 centimetres; Width: 24.90 centimetres
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Curator's comments: Iruka Daijin is one of kabuki's great super-villains. Originally a puppet play by Chikamatsu Hanji, first performed in 1771, 'Imoseyama onna teikin' was adapted for kabuki and is still regularly performed. The play treats the struggle between Soga no Iruka (d. 645 CE) and Fujiwara no Kamatari (614-669 CE) for control of Japan (Gerstle 2005, cat. 163).
Bibliographic references: Gerstle 2005 / Kabuki Heroes of the Osaka Stage, 1780-1830 (Cat. 163)
Location: Not on display
Exhibition history: 2005, BM, Kabuki Heroes on the Osaka Stage, 1780-1830.
Subjects: kabuki
Associated names: Portrait of: Nakamura Utaemon III 三代目中村歌右衛門; Representation of: Sarumawashi Yojiro 猿回し与次郎
Associated places: Associated with: Kado no shibai
Associated titles
Acquisition name: Purchased from: Prof C Andrew Gerstle; In Memory of: Rudolf Buch; In Memory of: Julie Buch
Funder name: Funded by: Theresia Gerda Buch Bequest
Previous owner: Previous owner/ex-collection: Okada Isajiro 岡田伊三次郎
Acquisition date: 2014
Department: Asia
Registration number: 2014,3039.5

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